Boxing In New York: “The Russians Are Coming!”

Dimitriy Kirilov defends his title vs. Cecelio Santos in Main Event in first defense of the IBF Junior Bantamweight championship at The Roseland Ballroom February 28.

Promoters Cedric Kushner and Steve Bash announced today that tickets in the $50 price category are sold out for the Russians Are Coming fight extravaganza set for Thursday night at Roseland Ballroom. Tickets may be purchased through Gotham Boxing at 212 755 1944 or Ticket Master on line.

Junior welterweight Fabian Luque signed on over the weekend to face Dmitriy “Star of David” Salita in the 10-round co-featured attraction on Thursday night. Luque has a ring record of 21-6-4, with 12 victories coming by way of knockout.

A former Knicks City Dancer will be dancing in the boxing ring on Thursday night, appropriately at Roseland Ballroom. Unbeaten New Yorker Eileen Olszewski (4-0-1), for three seasons on the Knicks City Dancers’ squad, puts her gloves on against the number one ranked female flyweight in the world, Elena “Baby Doll” Reid (19-3-5).

Known as the “Hawaiian Mongoose” because she was born in Hawaii, Olszewski has been a resident of New York for over 15 years, has also studied ballet, and done stunt work for live action shows.

Jon Ssvneider, “The Fighting Marine”: A 28 year old native of Yonkers, NY, whose mother Susan Schneider is his manager, she lives in New City, Rockland County. He was in Marines from ’98 to 2002 with security force all over middle east including Iraq, Dubai, UAE, Qwait.

Schneider is a veteran of Desert Fox and Southern Watch and was on the Marine corps wrestling team, “I started boxing at 12 but when I got to HS, got into wrestling, and wrestled until I got out of the marine corp.” He competed in Golden Gloves and attended Roosevelt HS in Yonkers.

Undefeated Bronx and Puerto Rican star Jorge “The Truth” Teron (19-0-1, 11 KO’s) ascends the ranks when the New York State champ faces Sandro Marcos (27-16-2, 23 KO’s) of Mazatlan, Mexico in a 12-round clash for the vacant WBO Intercontinental Lightweight Championship on the undercard of the Thursday night, February 28 “Russians Are Coming” fight extravaganza at the Roseland Ballroom.